The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-23

sQms. But these children of the poor.
There is but little ring in their laughter,
and it stops quick, as though some bitter
remory tripped it. They have an old
walk They do not skip or run on the
lumber just for the pleasure of leaping
down They never bathed i'll the noun
tain stream. They never Waded in the
brook for pebbles. They never chased
the butterfly across the lawn, putting
their hat right down where it was just
before Childhood has been dashed
out of them. Want waved its wizard
wand above the manger of their
birth, and withered leaves are
lying where God intended budding giant
of battle. Once in a while one Of these
children gets out. Here is one, for in
stance At 10 years OF age he is sent out
by his parents, who say to him: "Here is
q basket; now 90 off and beg and steal.
Tie boy says: II can't steal" They kick
him into d corner That night he puts
his swollen head into the straw, but q
voice comes from heaven, saying: "Cour-
age, poor boy, cOuFager' Covering up his
head from the bestiality, and stopping his
ears from the cursing, he gets on up
better and better lie washes his face
clean at the public hydrant. With
few pennies got at running errands
he gets q better coat. Rough men,
knowing that he comes from q low
street, say: Back with you, you little
villain, to the place where you came
FROM But that night the boy says:
''God help me, [ can't go back;" and
quicker than ever mother flew at the cry
Of child's pain. the Lord responds from
the heavens: Courage, poor boy, cour-
hi q
ton After Il while he is second clerk.
Years pass on, and he is first clerk.
Years pass on. The glory Of young man.
hood is on him He comes into the firm,
lie goes on from one business success T.
another He has achieved great fortune
He is the friend Of tho church of God, the
friend of all good institutions, and onG
day he stands talking to the board Of
trade or to the chamber of commerce.
Pcopie say: HDo you know who that is?
Why, that is merchant prince, and he
was born ON Elm street, But God says
in regard to him something better than
that: s"These are they which came out of
great tribulatiou, and had their robes
washed and made white in the blood OF
the Lamb" Oh, for some one to write
the history Of boy heroes and girl heroines
who have triumphed over want and star
yation, and filth and rags! Yea, the
record has already been made, made by
the hand Of God; and when these shall
come at last with songs and rejoicing, it
VIII take q very broad banner to hold the
names Of all the battlefelds on which they
got the victory,
Some years ago Il roughly clad, ragged
boy came into my brothers Office in New
York and said: .'Mr. galmage, lend me
So" My brother said: "Who are you?''
The boy replied: II am nobody. Lend
me $50 ''What do you want to do with
$5T' ''WelI," the boy replied, ''my
mother Is sick and poor and want TO GO
into the newspaper business, and 1 shall
get a home for her and ] will pay you
back" My brother gave him the So, OF
cOHrse never expecting to see it again; but
he said: ':NNhen will you pay it?' The
hoy said: Il viii pay it in six months,
Cir." Time went by, and one day a lad
came into my brothers. Office and said
| uThere's vour So - s'What do YOU
mean? What S5?'' inquired my brother.
"Dont you remember that a boy came il
here six months ago and wanted to Dor
row So to go into the newspaper busi
| ness?'' s'Oh, yes, I remember; are yor
| the iads" YES he replied, 81 have gOt
! along nicely ! have got nice home fol
my mother she is sick yeti and [ am Us
| well clothed as you are, and there's YOU
| 85.'' Oh, was he not worth saving? Why
&hat lad is worth fifty such boys as have
| sometimes seen moving in elegant circles
! never put to any use for God or man
Worth saviiGe@!! I go farther that tha
! and tell you they are not only worm say
! ing but they are being saved. One O
! these lads picked up from our streets anC
| sent west by a benevolent society wrote
east, saying: II am getting along frs
! rate. I am on probation in the Methods
church. I shall be entered as {
member the 1st of next month. 1 nov
! teach n Sunday school class of clever
! boys. get along first rate with it. Thi
! is a splendid country to make q living in
! If the boys running around the street witt
q backing box on their shoulder, or
| bundle Of papers under their arms, onl,
! knew what high old times we boys hav
out here, they wouldn't hesitate abou
coming west, but come the first chanc
they got" So some by one humane ant
Christian visitation, and some by another
are being rescued. In one reform school
| through which 1900 of the little one
1 passed, | 1,995 turned out we'll In othe
/ NOIuSy OIlI9 ANS VI lIiC 1,OUO Otl
badly. There are thousands of them who
through Christian societies, have beel
trausplanted to beautiful homes all owe
this land, and there are many who
through the rich grace of our Lord Jesu
Christ, have already won the crown. /
little girl was found in the streets of Bal
tlmOre and taken into one of the reform
societies, and they said to her: "What i
your name?'' She said: MY name
Mary" ''What is your other name?' Sh
said: 'T don't know" So they took he
into the reform society, and as they di
not know her last name they alway
| called her "Mary Lost" since she ha
been picked up out of the street. But sh
grew on, and after awhile the Holy SpiTi
came to her heart, and she became
Christian child. and She changed he
| name and when anybody asked he
what her name was she saidi cit use
to be Mary Lost; but now, since
have become d Christian, it is Mar
Found"
For this vast multitude are we Willin
to go forth from this mornings servic
and sec what we can do, employing a.
the agencies / have spoken of for the rect
i1ication of the poisoned fountains? w
live in n beautiful city. The lines hav
fallen to us in pleasant places and W
have q goodly heritage; and any man VIII
does not like residence i'll Brooklyn mus
be most uncomfortable and unrcasonabl
man. But, my friends, the materis
prosperity Of city is not its chief gior!
There may be fine houses and beautifJ
streets, and that all be the garniture {
q sepulcher. Some Of the most prosper
Gus cities Of the world have gone dow
not one stone left upon another, But
city may be i'll ruins long before a tOwt
has fallen, or column has crumbled, or
tomb has been defaced When
Il city the churches of God al
full of cold fofmaUiies and inanimate II
HgiOn; when the houses of commerce q
the abode of fraud and unholy trafii
when the streets are filled with crime III
arrcsted ana sin unenlightened and he'll
lcssness unnitieQ-that city is in ruin
though every church We're q st. Peter
and every moneyed institution were
! BanlS OF England and every library wen
q British museum and every house had
porch like that of Rheims and q roof lii
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